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1146695

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Culture: Urban Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress the Government has made on its assessment of the merits of establishing a Town of Culture award.
tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
uin	291236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>Creativity, arts and heritage make our towns and cities unique and our communities better places to live, and we should celebrate the rich local heritage and culture of towns across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>We are committing departmental resources to supporting and celebrating towns through delivering a range of effective and targeted policy interventions. These include the Cultural Development Fund, Heritage Action Zones, and the Discover England Fund, as well as continued support to our arms-length bodies, such as Arts Council England and the National Lottery Heritage Fund, many of which do great work to support culture in towns.</p><p> </p><p>We also believe that culture, as well as other sectors supported by DCMS have an important role to play in the development of local regeneration plans for towns that will be supported through the new multi-billion pound Towns Fund. The fund is at the heart of the Government’s commitment to leveling up our left behind places, to improve connectivity, provide vital social and cultural infrastructure, and boost growth. As we work with MHCLG to roll out the Towns Fund, we will consider the best way to highlight the great cultural offers many of our towns have, including whether and how this could build towards a potential Town of Culture competition.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 01/10/2019 15:53:30 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

1145887

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Digital Broadcasting: Radio
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress her Department has made on implementing small-scale DAB radio.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	290842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>DCMS brought forward detailed secondary legislation that will allow Ofcom to licence small-scale DAB radio multiplex services in June 2019. The small-scale Radio Multiplex and Community Digital Radio Order 2019 completed its Commons and Lords committee stages where it received cross party support. We expect the Order will shortly complete its final stage of a Motion from the House of Commons.</p><p>The next phase is for Ofcom to complete the consultation on their plans to license small-scale DAB, using the new powers the Government is proposing, through Parliament, to give them. Ofcom expect to be able to publish a post-consultation Statement early next year, at which point Ofcom plan to begin the process of advertising new small-scale radio multiplex licences.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 01/10/2019 16:12:13 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1145964

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Cyber Skills Immediate Impact Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her Department's announcement entitled New boost to increase diversity in nation’s cyber security industry published on 14 August 2019, what target her Department has set on the number of people who will be assisted by the third round of funding from the Cyber Skills Immediate Impact Fund.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	291081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The Cyber Skills Immediate Impact Fund encourages a sector-led approach to stimulating the cyber security retraining ecosystem in a sustainable way. It is designed to increase the number and diversity of individuals pursuing a career in the cyber security profession. Launched in 2018, the Cyber Skills Immediate Impact Fund announced its third funding round on 14 August 2019.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently running an open grant competition for proposed initiatives to apply for funding. We expect to support several new initiatives in this round of funding, working closely with employers to maximise the employment prospects of the individuals benefiting from the training programmes. Over 400 people have already benefited from training supported by previous funding rounds, and our objective is that greater numbers will benefit as the businesses we partner with further invest in this sector. The outcome of this programme will be reported in due course.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 30/09/2019 14:49:41 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1145965

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Cybercrime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2019 to Question 277853, whether her Department has set a timescale for the publication of guidance on the use of DNS over HTTPS.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	291082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>We are working with industry stakeholders and all interested parties to ensure that any unintended consequences of implementation of the DNS over HTTPS protocol are addressed. Recommendations on a course of action will be developed in due course.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 30/09/2019 15:26:30 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1145981

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to meet the Prime Minister's pledge for full-fibre broadband for all by 2025, including in Hampshire.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	291092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The government is committing to delivering nationwide gigabit capable connectivity as soon as possible. Much progress has already been made, and this government will continue to take action to remove barriers to network rollout and to ensure that those in the hardest to reach areas are not left behind.</p><p>The government set out a clear policy direction for the UK’s digital infrastructure in last year’s Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review. Since then the government has:</p><p><br> - Issued the first Statement of Strategic Priorities for Ofcom, which provides the regulator with context and guidance about Government’s policy priorities and desired outcomes in the communications markets, including the need for stable and long term regulation that incentivises investment and ensure competition for gigabit capable networks.</p><p>- Consulted on improving access for network builders to tenanted properties and new builds.</p><p>- Invested public funding in the deployment of gigabit capable broadband in the less commercial areas of the country. For example, the Government has launched the £200 million Rural Gigabit Connectivity programme as the first stage in our outside-in programme to rollout gigabit broadband to the most rural and remote areas of the country, and the existing superfast broadband programme has pivoted towards full fibre provision.</p><p>The government has plans to build further on this work, including plans to introduce legislation on easier access to tenanted properties and ensuring new builds have gigabit connectivity.</p><p>Specifically in Hampshire, CityFibre and Toob have both announced plans to invest in full fibre networks whilst Virgin Media have announced that Southampton will be the first city they will upgrade to gigabit capable connectivity. Government is also supporting deployment in Hampshire with projects in Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight through the Local Full Fibre Networks programme, having already passed over 7,000 premises in Hampshire with full fibre through the Superfast Programme.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 30/09/2019 15:30:34 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1146207

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Television Licences: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of the BBC's decision to change the eligibility criteria for free TV licences on the incomes of over-75s households in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Hugh Gaffney
uin	291147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>The future of the over 75 concession is the responsibility of the BBC, not Government. We are very disappointed with the BBC’s decision to restrict the concession to only those aged over 75 in receipt of Pension Credit.</p><p> </p><p>The BBC published research from Frontier Economics in November 2018 which looked at the potential impact of changes to the concession on those aged 75 and over. This research is available here: <a href="https://www.frontier-economics.com/media/2896/bbc-licence-fee-report-nov-18.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.frontier-economics.com/media/2896/bbc-licence-fee-report-nov-18.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 01/10/2019 16:10:45 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney

1146220

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Hacker House: Cyber Skills Immediate Impact Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish the documents held by her Department in relation to the (a) process and (b) decision to grant Hacker House £100,000 from the public purse on the 28 January 2019.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	290993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The government received and evaluated 19 applications for grant funding through the second round of the Cyber Security Immediate Impact Fund, which ran from October-November 2018. Five initiatives were successfully awarded funding.</p><p>Subject to any legal restrictions (such as data protection laws and duties to protect commercial or confidential information), we will make available the relevant information regarding the decision to grant funding from the Cyber Skills Immediate Impact Fund to Hacker House as soon as possible, and by 31 October 2019 at the latest. The government is conducting a review of the claims made by the Sunday Times and the findings will be published at the same time.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan grouped question UIN 290994 290997 290998 question first answered 30/09/2019 18:22:37 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1146221

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Cyber Skills Immediate Impact Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many initiatives her Department evaluated for funding through the Cyber Skills Immediate Impact Fund expanded fund initiatives.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	290994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The government received and evaluated 19 applications for grant funding through the second round of the Cyber Security Immediate Impact Fund, which ran from October-November 2018. Five initiatives were successfully awarded funding.</p><p>Subject to any legal restrictions (such as data protection laws and duties to protect commercial or confidential information), we will make available the relevant information regarding the decision to grant funding from the Cyber Skills Immediate Impact Fund to Hacker House as soon as possible, and by 31 October 2019 at the latest. The government is conducting a review of the claims made by the Sunday Times and the findings will be published at the same time.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan grouped question UIN 290993 290997 290998 question first answered 30/09/2019 18:22:37 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1146224

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Hacker House: Cyber Skills Immediate Impact Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish the declarations of interest made in relation to Hacker House's application for public funding.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	290997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The government received and evaluated 19 applications for grant funding through the second round of the Cyber Security Immediate Impact Fund, which ran from October-November 2018. Five initiatives were successfully awarded funding.</p><p>Subject to any legal restrictions (such as data protection laws and duties to protect commercial or confidential information), we will make available the relevant information regarding the decision to grant funding from the Cyber Skills Immediate Impact Fund to Hacker House as soon as possible, and by 31 October 2019 at the latest. The government is conducting a review of the claims made by the Sunday Times and the findings will be published at the same time.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan grouped question UIN 290993 290994 290998 question first answered 30/09/2019 18:22:37 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1146225

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Hacker House: Cyber Skills Immediate Impact Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the timetable is for the conclusion of the review of the decision to grant Hacker House grant funding; and if she will publish in full the results of that review.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	290998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The government received and evaluated 19 applications for grant funding through the second round of the Cyber Security Immediate Impact Fund, which ran from October-November 2018. Five initiatives were successfully awarded funding.</p><p>Subject to any legal restrictions (such as data protection laws and duties to protect commercial or confidential information), we will make available the relevant information regarding the decision to grant funding from the Cyber Skills Immediate Impact Fund to Hacker House as soon as possible, and by 31 October 2019 at the latest. The government is conducting a review of the claims made by the Sunday Times and the findings will be published at the same time.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan grouped question UIN 290993 290994 290997 question first answered 30/09/2019 18:22:37 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest